Canister-top.



N0- 82'7,821. PATENTED AUG. 7, 1906'.

W. S. STAPLEY. CANISTER TOP. APPLIGATION FILED JAN. 11. 1906.

ATTORNEY INVENTOR Q %1%@ 455% Will/4m the accompanying drawings, is a specificater-tops in which a neck or nozzle and a cap 1 character which shall be simple and. inexpen- 'the cap is made shorter and the pouringrs'rnnr error).

BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTlCUT. A SSIGNOR TO THE BRASS COMPANY, OF

BRIDG PORT, CON N EUTICUT, A COR- oernsrea-roe.

Application filed January 11,

To all whom, it may concern."

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. STAPLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bridgeport, county of Fairfield, State of Connecticut, have invented .a new and useful Canister-Top, jGase A,) of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the class of canisadapted to rotate thereon are provided wit openings which when placed in alinernent permit the contents ofthe canister to be poured'out and when placed out of alinement close the canister; and the invention. has for its object to provide a canister-top of this sive to produce, strong and durable, and in which the ca when placed in the closed position or in eit er the open or closed position, if preferred, will remain there until power is t Ipplied' to .move it to the other position, so t at filled canisters may be shi 'ped and hendled freely Without danger 01' leakage. in order to accomplish this result at a minimum cost of production and at the same time ro duce a canister-top that shall be neat an attractive inappearance and While easy to op" erate willbe self-10ckingin the closed posi tion or in both the open and closed positions, Ihave devised the novel structure of which the following description, in connection With tion, reference characters being used to indicate the several parts.

Figure -1 is an elevation of my novel canistor-top, the cap being in the closing position; Fig. 2, a vertical section on the line .2 2 in Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a transverse section on the line 3 3 in Fig. 2 looking down; Fig. 4, a vertical section on the line 4 4 in Fig. 5 looking in the direction of the arrow, illustrating a variant form of the invention differing only in that openings are in the end of the neck and cap instead of in the side, as in the other form; and Fig. 5 is a plan view, partly broken away, corres ending with Fig. 4.

enotcs the to and 11 the neck or noz; zle, which may be "ormed integral therewith from a blank of sheet metal and is provided in either the top or side, as preferred, with a pouring-opening 12.

13 denotes the cap, which is likewise formed Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 7, 1966.

1906. Serial No. 295.592.

from sheet metal and is provided with a. corresponding pouring-opening 14, which when 5 5 placed in alineinent with the opening in the neck permits the contents of a canister to be poured out and when moved Wholly out of alineinent With the opening in the neck closes I the canister. e 6o 15 denotes a groove or depression in the edge of the end of the neck-that is, at the angle formed by the intersection of the side of the neck with the end thereof, this point affording the greatest strength to insure durability. At one or both ends ofthis groove 1 provide a locking depression 16. T e cap is provided with an inwardly-extending lug 17, formed by depressing the metal thereof, which is adapted to engage groove 15 and also to engage locking depressions 16 to lock the cap at either extreme of its movement that is, with the pouring-opening in the cap 1 either in alinement orwholly out of alinement with the pouring-opening in thefn'eck. 7'5

At or near the end oi the cap I preferably form a circular rib 18, which, however, is not an essential feature of the invention, but is merely provided for ornament. In the form.

illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5 this rib is formed at the edge of the capthat is, at the intersection of the sides and top-and is knurled for convenience in rotating the cap. In the, form illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 this rib is not knurled; but the cap is extended above the end of the neck for purposes of ornament only and is provided at its outer end with a knurled rib 19 for convenience in rotating the cap. Near the lower end of the cap in both forms I provide a circular rib 20. In assemblin the cap is laced over the neck, after which the metal 0? the neck is spun-outward to form a rib 2]., which engages rib 20 and locks the cap in place upon the neck, the

engagement of rib 21 with the inner face of 5 rib 20 being loose enough to permit the cap to be turned easily. The engagement of lug 17 on the cap with groove 15 in the edge of the neck is also free enough to permit the cap to be turned easily, but not to move in either direction of its own weight. The locking of the cap in the closed position or in both the open and closed positions, if V referred, is ef fected by the engagement of ug 17 with the locking depressions at the ends of groove 15. 1o

5 It is 0 course important that the cap be self- I *sald'neck heing'provided with ogreovea't the i-sngie-formed by thetop'endside of seid'neok,

;rend o f,the groove, which is engaged by "lug when the cap is in the closing position A end neck are out of alinement. i o.

I solidockin inthe open position I 'iooking'git the closed 'izmiistersprovided Witn in novel top may be shipped endfhandled free y without dangerv For thet reeson at the the jfl'tiie cont'eiitsdeeking out. i always provide a locking depression that is; when the pouring-openings in the carp As it frequently considered desirable that the cap be as well as the'olosed eve illustrated a locking de' ressionet'eedh endof the groove which isedirPtlockthe cap at either extreme of its movement,

Ha1vmg thus described mydnvention, I

1i canister-top comprising e'neck ande cop 'hamugmorrespondmg pouring-openings,

'sirrdat theend or said groove with a locking QEPXGSSIOH, theeop being provided with en 'iinwsrdlyez itending iug engagiingseidgroove ositLion, so that fiiled depression, the-cap being provided with an inwardly-extending lug engagingseid groove and adapted -'to engage said depressions whereby theoepis made se1flocking at both teining thecap'u on thene'ok while permit tin rotation of t e ca .1.

in presence of two Witnesses.

"WILLI'AM SDSHAPIJEY.

'Witnesses: 4

, A'NKER SQLYHNE,

ARTHUR H. Moons.

and at each 'end of said groove with a lookingwextremes oflts movement, and meensfor re ntestimony whereof Ie'fiix my signsiture 

